For many people, there’s a race to obtain some measure of success. When I lived in China, I was shocked at how hard students would study in order to get good grades and one day get high marks on ‘the test’ – their final test that would give them the number/score required to get into […]
When I was younger, I remember looking at my Dad while he mowed the lawn. At that time, it seemed like one of the funnest things I could imagine doing, and I asked if he’d let me have a turn. My Dad was a smart man, and he did his best to make it sound […]
For the last few weeks, I’ve been spiraling down a bit of a rabbit hole. In the past, I’d go on ‘deep dives’ about different topics or subject matters, until I reached a point where I felt like I had learned enough to satiate my curiosity. This trend started at a very young age, as […]
For most of my adult life, I’ve lived in apartments. Looking back, I consider myself thankful to have lived in what most would consider ‘luxury’ apartments, as all of them were well-above basic living scenarios. My first apartment after ‘campus living’ was top-of-the-line, with a large spiral staircase and loft space to accompany my roommate, […]
Scenic Route Whenever I make a wrong turn on the road, I’ve learned to say one line that reframes the circumstance instantly: “Well, it looks like we’re taking the scenic route!” While it sounds like a light-hearted way to make fun of the situation, there’s a lot of wisdom in being able to ‘reframe the […]
This week, I learned an invaluable lesson from Atlas, who made one comment that left me thinking for days. A little over a year ago, I was playing with Atlas when I got an email from a client – who drafted a short email, letting me know they were terminating their contract with Tripleskiny. It […]
In Fight Club, Tyler Durden takes [un]willing participants on questionable experiences that help reframe their perspective on their lives. Between basement fight clubs, chemical burns and near-death experiences, he put a crack in the fragile reality that many of these men had holding thier lives together, who volunteered to subject themselves to Tyler’s ways. Near […]
Early into my journey as a Dad, I realized there’s a bittersweet constant that comes with being a parent; it’s a lifetime of goodbyes. Just as you say ‘hello’ to your child’s first step, you also say ‘goodbye’ to the days where they would scoot around on the floor. You say ‘hello’ to their first […]
Looking back to look forward, I think it’s helpful to do recaps of life. To some degree, it helps me better understand my own life story, while leaving behind breadcrumbs about my life that somebody may pick up someday. I’d like to rewind over a decade back to the day where I graduated from college […]
In our comfortable, modern times it’s difficult to imagine real hardship or catastrophe. For many of us, the most concerning event to happen in our day-to-day life is a mishap at Starbucks where the barista uses coconut milk rather than almond in our grande latte as we navigate on paved highways in cars with working […]